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Company Profile

Founded

1988

Franchising Since

1994 (22 Years)

Corporate Address

9311 E. Via De Ventura Scottsdale, AZ 85258

CEO

Stanley Ma

Parent Company

Kahala Franchising LLC

About Cold Stone Creamery

Donald and Susan Sutherland opened the first Cold Stone Creamery in 1988 in Tempe, Arizona. Franchising began in 1994, and the company is now owned by Kahala, which also franchises Blimpie, Surf City Squeeze, TacoTime and other concepts.
Each Cold Stone store makes its ice cream fresh daily, and the ice cream is blended by hand with fruits, nuts, candy, cookies and more according to customers' requests.

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